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Longships Lighthouse – Warning ships off Lands End
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Longships_Lighthouse_-_Warning_ships_off_Lands_End_-_Visit_Cornwall_TV-550×408.jpg” alt_image=”LongshipsCornwall during a storm” video_title=”Longships Lands End Cornwall during a storm” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIED3K4dVgg”] Longships Lighthouse during a storm Longships Lighthouse during a storm, taken during morning storms, 10th March 2008. This video of the storm illustrates the power of the sea in these waters. Longships is the name given to a group of rocks […]
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Bilbo Lifeguard Dog – A wonderful dog that everyone loved
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Bilbo-The-Lifegurd-Dog-1SG-550×318.jpg” alt_image=”Bilbo Lifeguard Dog” video_title=”Bilbo Lifeguard Dog” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrbqglhysOE”] Bilbo Lifeguard Dog Tributes have been paid from around the world to a famous Cornish “lifesaving” dog who has died. Bilbo, a 14-stone (89kg) Newfoundland, patrolled the beach at Sennen with his lifeguard owner Steve Jamieson. … In 2009 Bilbo won “Dog of the Day” on […]
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Mazey Day Parade Penzance – Fun and Music in the streets
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Mazey-Day-Parade-SG-550×311.jpg” alt_image=”Mazey Day Parade” video_title=”Mazey Day Parade Penzance” video_url=”vimeo.com/1253462″] Mazey Day Parade Penzance This video of Mazey day opens with the Falmouth Marine Band marching past. The Falmouth Marine Band appears at many of the festivals that take place around Cornwall during the summer months. We have more information and a video on the […]
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Cornwall Coast Path walk from Mullion to Poldhu Cove
[wp_lightbox_fancybox_youtube_video link=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsghgGB1HO0″ title=”Cornwall Coast Path walk from Mullion to Poldhu Cove” source=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Poldhu-Cove-Walk-SG-550×298.jpg”] Cornwall Coast Path walk from Mullion to Poldhu Cove Poldhu Cove is the location from which the first Transatlantic message was sent using wireless telegraphy. The was sent as a single repeated letter ‘S’ using equipment set up on the clifftop at Poldhu […]
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Restormel Castle – Scenic setting a castle steeped in history
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Restormel-Castle-SG1-550×255.jpg” alt_image=”Restormel Castle” video_title=”Castle” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfBRWLSyjQg”] Restormel Castle The Castle is situated in a beautiful and scenic country setting, one of the most atmospheric castles in Cornwall, steeped in history from the Black prince to the English civil war. During the summer there are outdoor theatre performances which are a great way to spend a sunny […]
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Penlee Lifeboat Exercise – A popular sight during Lifeboat Days
[wp_lightbox_fancybox_youtube_video link=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsuMWuSiXtA” title=”Penlee Lifeboat Exercise” source=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-02-at-02.38.42-550×270.png”] Penlee Lifeboat Exercise Exercises like this are an essential part of the crew training for all lifeboat stations. During local lifeboat Days, you will see the lifeboat performing demonstrations of rescues usually with one of the SAR helicopters. The Penlee Lifeboat is stationed in Newlyn Cornwall’s largest fishing port. […]
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Chapel Porth St Agnes – Beautiful Beach and spectacular walks
Chapel Porth St Agnes Chapel Porth is set in a mining valley. At high tide, the beach is made up of small stones and shingles reaching up to the car park. Visit on a low tide it is the sands stretching all the way from St Agnes Head to Lushingtons at the end of Porthtowan […]
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Kite Surfers at Watergate Bay – Thrills and Spills on a fantastic beach
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Watergate-Bay-Kite-Surfers-SG1-550×327.jpg” alt_image=”Kite Surfers at Watergate Bay” video_title=”Kite Surfers at Watergate Bay” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXnEDbA7M7E”] Kite Surfers at Watergate Bay Newquay Cornwall Watergate Bay is a 2 1/2 mile stretch of Golden sandy beach facing west into the North Atlantic on the North Cornish coast. Its position makes it one of the best the best wind/ wave […]
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Mylor Churchyard Memorial HMS Ganges – Historic Church and Cemetery
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-25-at-13.51.24-550×374.jpg” alt_image=”Mylor Churchyard and memorial to HMS Ganges” video_title=”Mylor Churchyard and memorial to HMS Ganges” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkb0dprokj0″] Mylor Churchyard Memorial HMS Ganges Mylor Churchyard Memorial HMS Ganges: This memorial commemorates the 53 boys who died whilst training on the HMS ‘Ganges’ between 1866 and 1899. The ship was a three masted naval training ship moored […]
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St Just in Roseland Church
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/st-just-in-roseland-church-500×281.jpg” alt_image=”St Just in Roseland Church” video_title=”St Just in Roseland Church” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJsV5pU7YYg”] St Just in Roseland Church The site was originally a 15th century chapel the Church gardens stretch down the hillside to the river. It is claimed that Joseph of Arimithea landed here when making his way to Glastonbury. The present church was […]
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